Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Bryan Goebel
8:45 AM PDT on September 8, 2011
- Pedestrian Killed by Driver in Duboce Triangle Intersection (SF Gate, BCN via Appeal)
- City Officials “Launch Counteroffensive” on Central Subway (SF Gate, BCN via Appeal)
- Central Subway “a Division Point for Mayoral Candidates” (SF Examiner)
- More Q&A with the Mayoral Candidates About Muni from Muni Diaries
- SPUR’s Ideas to Fund City Parks Include Charging for Parking (SF Gate)
- “Political Backing” for California High-Speed Rail “Fading Fast” (LA Times)
- Redwood City Wants to Build “Last Great Downtown on the Peninsula” (Daily News)
- Witnesses Sought in Crash That Injured Santa Rosa Pedestrian (Press Democrat)
- Parklets Sprouting Up in Vancouver (The Dirt)
- Sunday Streets Returns to NOPA, Western Addition This Weekend (BIKE NOPA)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Bryan Goebel is a reporter at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. A veteran journalist and writer, he helped launch Streetsblog SF in 2009 and served as editor for three years. He lives car-free in the Castro District.
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